Kåfjord Church
The Church of Kåfjord ( Norwegian : Kåfjord Kirke) is a historic parish church of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Norway in the field of community Alta , the most Kåfjord is. Organizationally, it is affiliated with the dean's office in Alta and part of the diocese of Nord-Hålogaland.
location
Coordinates: 69 ° 56 ′ 20.4 ″ N , 23 ° 1 ′ 43 ″ E The building is located on the east bank of the eponymous Kåfjord, a branch of the Altafjord in the province of Troms og Finnmark , and is part of the village of Kåfjord.
history
The history of the building is closely linked to copper mining in the region. From 1826 to 1909, large amounts of copper were mined in the Kåfjord and as a result the village had up to 1000 inhabitants at that time. In 1837 the church was built for the miners by the architect SH Thomas near the copper mills with space for 300 believers and consecrated by Bishop Peder Kjerschow.
With the decline of mining and the destruction caused during the Second World War due to the fighting over the German battleship Tirpitz stationed in the fjord, the importance of the church was also reduced to a historical level, as only a few dozen now live in the village Residents and the decay of the surrounding copper mills leave the building alone today. The fact that the wooden structure survived the fires of the war makes the church the oldest in the region today.
architecture
The white wooden building was erected in the basic shape of a simple long church, as was common in Norway in the 19th century, among other things based on the neo-Gothic window shape with English characteristics. The interior of the choir is narrower than the nave . However, since the sacristy is built around the choir part, the result is a uniform body.
The church interior has a flat barrel vaulted ceiling, a semi-vaulted choir and a continuous gallery above the entrance and along the side walls. The pulpit is covered with fabric and hangs over the altar. On the wall to the right and left of the pulpit are two statues representing the ten commandments.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Kåfjord kirkested. Kulturminnesok (Norwegian Ministry of Culture), accessed on April 2, 2020 .
- ↑ Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker. KirkeKonsulenten.no, accessed April 2, 2020 (Norwegian).
- ↑ Kåfjord kirke, Alta. Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen, accessed April 2, 2020 (Norwegian).